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leaflets elliptic-oblong the lower one emai-ginate or cordate. — 

 ■St. 15. 15. — Cal. with acute teeth having 1 strong vein. St. 

 1^ foot high, erect. Lower 1. on very long stalks. Fl. cream- 

 coloured, at length turning brown. — Drv gravelly soils and clays 

 of the East of England. P. M. Vn. ' ' E. 



4. T. iiicamdtum (L.) ; Jieads ovate at length cylindrical stalked 

 solitaJT terminal, cal. 10-veined hairy, teeth patent in fruit lan- 

 ceolate-subulate nearly equal rather longer than their tube and 

 falling short of the c^r., siip. vvate blunt, leaflets obovate retuse 

 or obcordate, st. erect and together with the 1. and stip. villose. 

 — E. B. S. 2950. — Stip. sometimes rather acute especially the 

 lower ones. Fl. (reddish purple on the cultivated) nearly white 

 on (" T. Molinerii £alb." T. Noeanum R.) the wild plant. 

 Mouth of the calyx of the fr. hairy. — Xear the Lizard Point, 

 Cornwall (with pale flowers). Mev. W. A'. Hore. A. VI. 



vri. E. 



*o. T. stelUifiim (L.) ; heads globose stalked terminal, calyx 

 10-veined hairy, teeth subulate from a broad base equal exceeding 

 the corolla patent in fruit S-veined and netted, throat closed with 

 haiis, stip. ovate rather acute denticulate, leaflets obcordate, st. 

 spreading and together with the L and stip. villose. — St. 16. 5. 

 — n. cream-coloured, small. Calyx of the fruit remai-kably 

 lai'ge, its teeth spreading like a star. St. short. — Shingly beach 

 near Shorehani. A. XI. Til. " E. 



6. T. arveii'se(h.)\ heads nearly a/lindrical stalkei very hairy , 

 cal. 10-veined, teeth sulmlate-setaceous hairy nearly equal 

 exceeding the cor. at length slightly spreading, stip. ovate 

 or lanpeolate acuminate, leaflets linear-oblong. — St. 16. 3. 

 — St. erect or, in a maritime form (Ray Syn. t. 14. £ 2.), pro- 

 cumbent with globose heads ; st. and 1. finely hairy. Points of 

 the lower stip. sometimes very slender. Fl. small, almost con- 

 cealed by the very hairy calyx. Seeds oval, greemsh yellow ; 

 radicle not prominent. — Sandv fields. A. Yll. — IX. Sare's- 



foot Trefoil. ' E. S. I. 



7. T. striatum (L.) ; heads ovate or oblong sessile terminal 

 and lateral solitary or the terminal in pairs, calyx 10-veined 

 hairy, teeth subulate unequal straight mucronate about equalling 

 the cor., tube lentricuse in fi uit, stip. ovate cuspidate, leaflets 

 obcordate or obovate, veins equal and straight at the. margins. 

 — St. 16. 6, 7. — St. procumbent, 4 — 10 iQ..long and as well as 

 the 1. silky. Stip. with reddish veins. Fl. small. Seeds oval, 

 brownish yellow ; radicle hot prominent. — /3. erectum (Leight.) ; 

 at. erect, heads long subconical lateral shortly stalked, cor. 

 longer than calyx. — Dry and sandy places.. A. YI. VlL 



E. S. I. 



